Lord of the rings online, my favourite game. The only one I have played that has soul and is (mostly) player-friendly. F2P system in Lotro is perfect.

Yet the Mordor expansion is making me feel nervous. No, I am not on Bullroarer, yet I do listen to what other players say.

And they say monsters are really powerfull. The weakiest attack is some 7000 (example: my toon has 35.000 health). At lvl.106 you are being hit hardly even if armour and statuses did not change. Resources are heavily guarded, so that crafting is almost impossible. Forced group/raid content. Tons of debuff wherever you go, almost no chance to counter them. Every craftable item, almost everything gated behind expansion purchase. You want armour - purchase expansion to have a right for heavy grind. You want essences - feel free to purchase expansion and be entitles for heavy grind.

I have only three options, all wrong:

1. Do not enter Mordor, yet level up.

2. Do not enter Mordor now, level up and wait untill they fix it, making player-friendly. May take years.

3. Enter Mordor and die every second step, losing money and nerves.

There are no other options left. If I do not enter, I may lose, if I enter, I will lose.